Personal loans in Guernsey, WY
Guernsey is a small community in Wyoming, with an estimated 1,104 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. With an estimated 1,104 residents, Guernsey is the 41st-largest of 99 places in Wyoming.
Price two or three terms so you can see which payment is truly affordable in Guernsey. Guernsey shed about 1.9% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, and Guernsey sits on the Wyoming side of that line. The nearest larger city is Wheatland, WY about 18 miles away.
Guernsey: population, trend and location
Set out below is Guernsey's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: about 1,104 people live here, which puts Guernsey 41st of 99 Census places in Wyoming (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A loss of roughly 1.9% between 2020 and 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 21 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 59% of Wyoming places rank below Guernsey.
- Land and density: 1.0 square miles of land carry roughly 1,080 residents per square mile.
- Land area rank: Guernsey's 1.0 square miles rank 61st of 99 places in Wyoming.
- Water area: Guernsey has 0.01 square miles of water, ranking 20th of 99 places in Wyoming.
- State population share: Guernsey accounts for about 0.3% of everyone in Wyoming.
- National standing: Guernsey ranks 9,843rd of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Wyoming: Guernsey stands 82nd by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 99 places.
- Against the state trend: Guernsey's 1.9% change compares with a Wyoming average of +1.7% across its 99 places.
- Density rank: Guernsey places 26th among Wyoming's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Guernsey runs about 1,080 residents per square mile, where the Wyoming median is 699.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 42.2648, -104.7429.
- Nearest larger cities: Wheatland (18 mi); Torrington (32 mi); Lusk (37 mi); Douglas (48 mi); Mitchell (53 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller communities close by: Hartville (4 mi); Fort Laramie (12 mi); Glendo (22 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Smaller neighbours: 12 places smaller than Guernsey sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 20 places are larger than Guernsey.
Guernsey: area, density and distance
The Census Gazetteer records 1.0 square miles of land and 0.01 square miles of water within Guernsey. Spread across it are roughly 1,080 residents per square mile. Cheyenne, the largest place in Wyoming, is about 79 miles from Guernsey. Guernsey has 4 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 20 larger places.
A pre-application checklist for Guernsey
Before you apply in Guernsey, a community of about 1,104, work through these steps:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Shop at least three lenders and judge them on APR and total cost.
- Look the lender up in the Wyoming regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
In Guernsey as elsewhere in Wyoming, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 1,104 residents.
Inside a Guernsey personal loan
A Guernsey personal loan is an installment loan: a lump sum, then fixed monthly payments over a set term, priced off your credit rather than its 1,104 residents. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Guernsey's rank of 41st in Wyoming: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Shortening the term on a Guernsey loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
Which Wyoming laws govern a loan in Guernsey
These are Wyoming's sourced lending facts as they reach Guernsey's 1,104 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Wyoming Division of Banking Source says: The Division is responsible for the chartering and regulation of Wyoming state banks, trust companies, mortgage companies, as well as non-bank financial companies. | Wyoming Division of Banking as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Lender, Sales Finance Company, Post-Dated Check Casher, and Pawnbroker licenses via NMLS; licensing mandatory per location including online Source says: Licensing is mandatory for every location where business is regularly conducted | Wyoming Division of Banking as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 36% per year on unpaid principal balances up to $1,000; 21% above $1,000 (Wyo. Stat. § 40-14-310(g)) Source says: shall not exceed the equivalent of thirty-six percent (36%) per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the principal | Wyoming Legislature (Wyoming Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
Guernsey against the rest of Wyoming
Against Wyoming's other places, Guernsey accounts for about 0.3% of the state's population and ranks 41st of 99 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Guernsey stands 82nd among Wyoming's 99 places — roughly the 17th percentile. Its roughly 1,080 residents per square mile place it 26th among Wyoming's places. Within 50 miles sit 12 smaller Census places, alongside the 4 that are larger.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Hartville, WY — population 65
- Fort Laramie, WY — population 215
- Wheatland, WY — population 3,509
- Glendo, WY — population 238
- Lingle, WY — population 398
- Chugwater, WY — population 171
- Manville, WY — population 92
- Lost Springs, WY — population 4